Text of MO HB 2303 (2016)
Prohibits any public school student from accessing certain facilities that do not correspond to his or her sex unless the student and a staff person are the only persons inside the facility
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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2303
98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BRATTIN.
4609H.02I
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 171, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to accessibility of
school facilities based on sex.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 171, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
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known as section 171.435, to read as follows:
171.435. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
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(1) "Sex", the physical condition of being male or female, as identified at birth by
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an individual’s anatomy;
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(2) "Student bathroom", a room intended for more than one student at a time that
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contains a toilet or a urinal;
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(3) "Student changing room", a room or area, with or without stalls for individual
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use, designated for a student to change his or her clothes or to shower and intended for
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more than one student at a time.
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2. Each school district shall designate each student bathroom and student changing
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room located in a public school building in the district as for the exclusive use of students
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of only one sex.
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3. No student of the female sex shall use a student bathroom or student changing
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room that has been designated by the school district for the exclusive use of the male sex,
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and no student of the male sex shall use a student bathroom or student changing room that
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has been designated by the school district for the exclusive use of the female sex.
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4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 2 and 3 of this section to the
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contrary, a school district shall allow a student to use a student bathroom or student
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
HB 2303
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changing room that has been designated by the school district for the exclusive use of a sex
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that does not correspond to the student’s sex under the following circumstances:
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(1) No other students are present in the student bathroom or student changing
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room at the time of use by the student; and
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(2) An administrator or staff member of the school district accompanies the student
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into the student bathroom or student changing room.
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5. Nothing in this section shall prohibit school districts from establishing or
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maintaining single-occupant facilities that both sexes may use.
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